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Teen charged for murder 'points to critical rupture in social fabric'- ACoP Ullger

- said ‘safety & future of our territory depend on our joint commitment’
Acting Interim Commissioner of Police (ACoP), Richard Ullger said teen charged with the 2025 murder of Eric Alexis Albert points to a critical rupture in the social fabric that protects and guides our youth. Photo: Facebook
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has charged a 14-year-old male with the murder of airport fire officer Eric A. Albert, who was fatally shot in the Greenland area on June 20, 2025. Photo: Facebook/File
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has charged a 14-year-old male with the murder of airport fire officer Eric A. Albert, who was fatally shot in the Greenland area on June 20, 2025. Photo: Facebook/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Acting Interim Commissioner of Police (ACoP), Richard Ullger, has said the recent developments in the murder investigation of airport fire officer Eric Alexis Albert bring him and the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) no satisfaction, as the individual charged is a child.

The RVIPF disclosed on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, that a 14-year-old male was charged with Albert’s murder one year after he was shot and killed in the Greenland area on June 20, 2025. 

Ullger, in a post to the RVIPF's Facebook page on September 9, 2026, said: “This case highlights a deeply concerning reality that we, as a Territory, cannot afford to ignore. When a 14-year-old is implicated in an act of such extreme violence, it points to a critical rupture in the social fabric that protects and guides our youth.”

Policing alone can’t resolve underlying factors

The RVIPF, he said, will always execute its duty to investigate, apprehend and bring offenders before the courts; however, policing alone cannot resolve the underlying factors that draw young people towards serious crime. 

The Interim ACoP urged parents, guardians, community leaders, educators, and social organisations across the Virgin Islands to stand with the police.

“We must collectively double our efforts to intervene early, mentor our youth and steer them away from drugs, violent crime and gang influence. The safety and future of our territory depend on our joint commitment to protecting our young people from these destructive paths.”

Ullger said to Albert’s family that he hopes this development brings some measure of comfort and assurance that the RVIPF remains committed to seeking justice for victims of violent crime. 

He added that no further details of this case can be disclosed at this time, as the matter will be before the court shortly. 

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20 Responses to “Teen charged for murder 'points to critical rupture in social fabric'- ACoP Ullger”

  • Lets get it right (10/09/2026, 09:57) Like (21) Dislike (0) Reply
    Dear Mr ACOP, can you please work closely with your investigators to ensure that when this and other serious matters reach the DPPs they are airtight and result in a conviction. The DPPs office has been doing too much shoddy work so accused persons where the evidence points to guilt, are walking free. Do what you can to help the DPPs office to dot the is and cross their ts
  • Captain Obvious (10/09/2026, 10:06) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    Wow, we are cooked, the bvi is a society circling the drain when our teenagers are now doing murders
  • Wild west (10/09/2026, 10:28) Like (18) Dislike (0) Reply
    ah yes it would eventually lead to this being a more common thing. We in the bvi hide and protect the gun man them

    we build a no snitch culture

    we got young women and minors shouting "gunman in she hole" she luv gunman" she luv bad man etc

    we got kids dressing with ski mask at events

    kids throwing up gang signs and gun signs with them fingers

    dudes with big gold chains coming to talk and be a "role model" to kids

    wild place we live in
  • (10/09/2026, 10:32) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Oh how sad
  • DPP boyz (10/09/2026, 10:42) Like (7) Dislike (11) Reply
    dont worry my youth

    dpp love to lose serious cases so you good

    keep yah head up

    just plea not guilty and you win just so. dont even need a lawyer

    dpp will give you the keys to freedom and you will be back on the road to continue where you left off

    got this!
    • jerome (10/09/2026, 19:48) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
      @ DPP boyz. I hope not. They are going to have to make a separate space for violent youth offenders. They should not go free because of their age. The youth offenders should also know that if they commit the crime, they must serve the time.
    • Seventh District (11/09/2026, 16:34) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      @DPP boyz stop telling lies. The only thing a guilty plea will get anyone is a percentage of time off someone's sentence.
  • DOPE BOYZ (10/09/2026, 10:54) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    Considering dpp just lost a drug bust case where drugs were caught red handed on a vessel and they still lost

    i would say this youth winning this case just as easily

    with each lost DOPE BOYZ and KILLAS get more confidence cuz if them get catch is a quick win then back to making illegal proceeds and blood money. idk why them boyz even bother breakout prison cuz dpp would of lose them case anyway. even is 12 find them escaped prisoners dpp will still lose the case of them escaping prison loool

    sad state of the bvi mehson.
    legal system for the criminals
    tax against the hard working residents
    cost of living against us]
    politicians against us
    global events against us
    hiv against us
    predators agains us
    local supermarkets (except bobbys) against us

    not one person march for justice
  • Mehson (10/09/2026, 12:35) Like (12) Dislike (1) Reply
    set a new precedence and charge the parents as well! we are tiyad of this df
  • truth be told (10/09/2026, 15:44) Like (12) Dislike (0) Reply
    Good to see that the Police Commissioner tells the BVI what has actually happened.

    BVI Premier is too busy flying around the world

    Ministers too busy being greedy grabbing money and salary

    and the voting public too busy trying to pay BVI EC bills and trying to ask for running water...
  • smh (10/09/2026, 18:42) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    This is the system failing our kids because when you try to discipline them the system don’t like that , reason why so much young man an woman don’t have respect in the streets of today cause they feel they can do what ever an get away with it growing up amount belt I got make me the person I am today an it wasn’t abuse it was the way to shape my future an show respect the bvi is under England but yet what to be like America
  • FEO GOMEZ (11/09/2026, 09:26) Like (1) Dislike (4) Reply
    That 14 year old is a waste his mother and father is waste. Everyone them is a mistake and should have been a abortion.
    • Seventh District (11/09/2026, 17:04) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      @FEO GOMEZ would you have wanted to be aborted? Know what to say, man!
  • Really? (11/09/2026, 14:26) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    There are no words to describe this. None at all. The writing has been on the wall for years. IT TAKES A VILLAGE. Some of us dont want nobody to talk to our children. When people tell you things about your child you insult them. Our children are out of control, and some of us parents only good for thing...making more children. Children need rules and structure, its necessary.. A parent that refuses to put things in place to discipline their child should be charged with child abuse. I dont care how many jobs you work, whether its a single parent or not, PARENT your child. Some of us our children wont outlive us because we REFUSE to do what we are supposed to do.
  • eyes (11/09/2026, 15:10) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Even if this teen gets convicted, he will not spend more than 10 years in prison and will be out by the time he is 24 yrs old. The injustice of justice. These prison sentences are nothing but mere inconvenience to criminals that only slows them down. These sentences are no deterrent cold blooded murderers, human traffickers and drug traffickers.
  • kk (11/09/2026, 20:08) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Right now i don't care what no body say this young man doesn't act alone i don't say what he do it's okay but some thing is not right if you ask me when he do the he was 13yrs old where he got the gun from that question every one should ask them self
  • l (11/09/2026, 20:37) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    I dought that young man know exactly what he have done but don't worry what happens iñ darkness will come to light
  • Basketballz (11/09/2026, 22:32) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Thank you commissioner. My dog trump will like to meet this young man before y'all throw away the key.

    Trump hasn't had protein for a min now
  • concern (12/09/2026, 10:43) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    I hope that other young people learn from his mistake and he will have a chance at live if he do get out
  • The usual Spoilers (15/09/2026, 04:29) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Young Black male with ties to the upper Caribbean/CARICOM.
    The favored and dominant imported group of human building blocks in these VI.
    Favored for unscrupulous reasons ...dependable willing and reliable assist in the facillitating of the drug,human trafficking and illegal guns etc


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